The Companion implements playful adaptive educational strategies to engage and scaffold teens considering personalized educational needs and objectives. These strategies comprise scripted learning designs [1]} that will articulate the behavior of the Companion presenting teens the right level of educational scaffolding [2]} through an adaptive sequence of learning activities and supported social media interaction – incorporating behavioural and cognitive interventions (nudges and boosts) that are grounded in behavioural psychology [3]}, [4]}. Game mechanics based on a counter-narrative [5]} approach will support learning mechanics related to rising awareness: motivation, perspective taking, external thinking, empathy, and responsibility. These narrative scripts pursue collective and individual engagement with the Companion, offering motivating challenges and rewards [6]}.
